T. Isshiki et al., GROWTH AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC, SURFACE AND DEFECT STRUCTURES OF ANTIMONY PARTICLES DEPOSITED IN A HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE, Thin solid films, 237(1-2), 1994, pp. 155-159
Sb fine particles vacuum-deposited by in situ electron beam heating in
an electron microscope were investigated by high-resolution transmiss
ion electron microscopy. Round amorphous particles less than 40 nm in
size were formed far from the evaporation source, and crystalline part
icles having definite crystal habits near the source. Observed wedge-s
haped crystallites have smooth (110), (111) and/or (112) surfaces, whe
re lattice relaxation and superlattice structure cannot be seen. Stack
ing faults represented by ab ca/ca bc/bc ab, which are caused by slipp
ings by a glide vector of 1/3[($) over bar 112]a(0), are found in part
icles having the normal sequence ab ca be ab ca be ab ca be, where a,
b and c denote atomic layers in the rhombohedral structure.